One of the objectives of the Phoebe Institute on Aging is to serve as a resource to the media and community. Phoebe is pleased to introduce our updated Speakers Bureau. This program will bring experienced Phoebe professionals to you and will serve to provide education and insight on topics related to quality of life and care for the aging.

Our professionals will be happy to speak to your organization, congregation or community group. You may choose from a variety of topics that touch on issues in our world today or issues you or your family may be facing tomorrow.

To best meet the needs of your group, please contact us at least six weeks prior to your scheduled program date.

Phoebe Ministries Staff and members of the Phoebe Institute on Aging Advisory Board are available to speak on the following topics:

• Health Care Focus
  Related Topics:
  Hospice- why it belongs in Long-Term Care
  Aging with Humor, Aging with Hope Pharmacy
  Brown Bag Event
  Poetry Therapy
  Ethical Issues in Health Care
  End of Life Care
  Living with Diabetes

• Aging Awareness
  Related Topics:
  Dementia Care - Strategies for Staff & Families
  The Challenges of Aging
  The Joy of Living
  The Ethics of Aging Depression & Older Adults
  What Happens as we Age
  An Introduction to Healthy Aging
  Coping With the Stress of Life
  Healthy Nutrition as we Age
  The Lehigh Valley Alliance on Aging
  “The Sandwich Generation,” Helping Adult Children Cope

• Spiritual Focus
  Related Topics:
  Aging as Spiritual Journey - Living with Loss & Change
  Psychosocial & Spiritual Issues of Aging
  Spirituality in the Workplace
  Caregiver as Storyteller
  Seven Major Tasks of Later Life
  The Value of Humor in Everyday Life
  The 5 wishes: The living Will With a Heart

• Educational Offerings
  Related Topics:
  The Future of Phoebe Ministries
  Phoebe’s Social Accountability
  Charitable Gift Annuity: A Lifetime of Income and Personal Satisfaction
  Managing the Continuum of Care
  Fundraising 101
  Media Relations
  The History of Phoebe Ministries
  Grant Writing
  

• Touching Those in Need
  Related Topics:
  Services in the Community for Seniors
  The Value of Geriatric Care Manager
  Intergenerational Programs: Bringing Youth & Older Persons Together
  Community Service Outreach Programs
  Phoebe as a Resource
  Community Services Bingo
  

• Housing Alternatives
  Related Topics:
  The Admission Process: What do I need to know?
  Choosing a Nursing Home
  

Through our affiliation with the Ethics Institute, Inc., speakers are available for aging-related topics such as:

• Advance Directives
• The Clergyperson's Role in Medical Ethics: In the Pew and at the Bedside
• Deliberations at the End of Life
• Establishing Ethics Committees
• Palliative Care
• Withholding & Withdrawing of Medical Treatment